Description
Book Synopsis
Sam Turner’s important new interpretation of early medieval patterns of landscape development traces landscape change in the South West from the introduction of Christianity to the Norman Conquest (AD c. 450–1070).
Trade Review“…this welcome addition to the literature on south-western Britain in the early middle ages”
“Readable, scholarly and insightful.”
* British Archaeology *
In this important new study, Sam Turner argues that the changing pattern of settlements and estates in early medieval south-west Britain owed a great deal to a new Christian ideology of landscape. ..…the book serves as a readable, well-illustrated, affordable but also scholarly introduction to the key debates about the early medieval church in the region as well as a new landscape study.
* Southern History *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Definitions, Glossary and Abbreviations
1 Introduction: Churches and the early medieval landscape
2 Studying early medieval landscapes in south-west Britain
3 The location and form of early churches in south-west Britain
4 Ecclesiastical centres and changing settlement patterns
5 Ecclesiastical centres and early medieval administrative structures
6 The changing ritual landscape of the conversion period
7 Developing medieval landscapes: The multiplication of churches and other Christian monuments
8 From south-west Britain to the wider world
Bibliography
Index
